BELÉN designs from material. By broadening and expanding the material qualities of spaces, objects and products, BELÉN creates tangible design for the future. Central to their approach are the intuitive, emotional and physical aspects of design, resulting in products and visions that show unexpected applications of material and colours, as well as revaluations of conventional techniques. BELÉN works on material and colour concepts in the field of product design, interior design and exhibition design.

Commonplace Studio is a design practice that distills the power of meaningful digital things and transforms them into material interactions. The studio is comprised of designer Jon Stam (1984, CA) and hard- and software engineer Simon de Bakker (1979, NL). Their common works have been commissioned and showcased worldwide; in Dubai, Milan, at MUDAC Lausanne, during Manifesta, at Sotheby's and Shanghai’s Power Station of Art. The studio has been recognised nationally with the DutchTalent Award from the Creative Industries Fund NL, as well as internationally with the Designers of the Future Award from the premier forum for collectable design Design Miami/.

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Odd Matter

ODD MATTER is a design studio driven by curiosity for all the strange and wonderful. Researching, probing, creating and exploring our world’s past, present and future through it’s materials, processes and concept. The studio believes that by working with existing processes and notions, researching these from a different more naive perspective a different kind of products can be created. Unique and specific to the place they originate from.